Mozilla: Homograph domain spoofing in .com, .net and .name (MFSA 2013-61)
Published Jun 26, 2013
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.08%
Description
The Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) display algorithm in Mozilla Firefox before 22.0 does not properly handle the .com, .name, and .net top-level domains, which allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via unspecified homograph characters.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue does not affect the version of firefox and thunderbird as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.08% (0.02080) | 80.82th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.08% (0.02080) | 79.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.40% (0.00397) | 58.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.38% (0.00380) | 73.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.38% (0.00380) | 72.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.38% (0.00380) | 68.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-61.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1890-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1699 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=840882 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=977621 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1699
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17296 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1699
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00005.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-61.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1890-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1699 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=840882 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=977621 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1699 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17296 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1699 |
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